Human Resources

Altar Valley is proud of its staff—all of whom want to make a real difference in the lives of children. At Altar Valley Schools, you’ll be working with others who feel as passionate about that role as you do. You’ll be surrounded by dedicated professionals and supportive parents, and together we can achieve remarkable success for our children and each other. Take a look at our employment opportunities on our How to Apply page.

Employee Benefits

Special education teachers also receive a $3,000 stipend for additional duties.

Tuition reimbursement up to $1,000 a year.

Major Medical and Hospitalization Insurance:The district will pay 100% of an approved amount toward major medical insurance for every employee. There is an additional charge for family coverage.

Term Life Insurance:The district shall provide $20,000.00 term life insurance benefit for all full time employees, including classified employees who are full time.

Sick Leave/Personal Leave:Employees may be granted up to two (2) days of sick leave for personal business each year. The superintendent may grant additional personal leave days requested by an employee, which will be deducted from accumulated sick leave. Employees must submit all requests five (5) working days prior to the dates of the requested leave. Our office will act upon all requests in order of receipt, and the availability of substitutes may limit the number of requests we are able to grant at any one time. We will not grant personal leave during the following periods:

On the day immediately proceeding or following a holiday or vacation

During the first two weeks of school or the last two weeks of school

Each staff member shall be credited with a sick leave allowance as determined by the number of months employed:

Ten-month employees / 10 sick days / 2 personal days

Twelve-month employees / 12 sick days / 2 personal days

Helpful Info

We've included links to helpful information, including Teacher Certification processes and other helpful employee forms on this page. If you'd like to see us add other helpful forms, please contact us and let us know what would be useful here.

Arizona Teacher CertificationThe above link will take you to the information about the certification process, certification forms, and information about Arizona standards.

AZ State RetirementThe above link will take you to the information about Arizona State Retirement benefits and requirements.